1. Period 3 & 7
We will examine the role the buffalo and horse played in the lives of Indians on the Great Plains.
Go over homework
Replacing someone on the Supreme Court
Chapter 26 Notes
Buffalo Hunt

2. Chapter 26 Notes
The Sioux Indians became a dominant force on the Great Plains.
The Pawnee, Crow, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Sioux had become excellent riders since Spain brought the horse to North America.
Sioux used the horse to help with hunting Buffalo

4. Treaties
The US Government signed treaty after treaty with Plains Indians.
Promised not to bother them on their land.
Each new treaty pushed them onto smaller and smaller tracts of land.

5. After the Civil War when the trans-continental railroad was completed and more settlers moved out onto the Great Plains fighting with Indians increased.
Several battles/ massacres resulted
Sand Creek – US soldiers attacked a village of peaceful Indians
Bozeman Trail – Sioux attacked and wiped out group of soldiers
Little Big Horn – Sioux wiped out all of George Custer’s men

7. How were Indians Subdued?
The completion of the railroad
Disease
The killing off of the buffalo
War
Loss of land to treaties

10. Eyewitness to Massacre
Why is Phillip Wells there?
What reason did the Medicine Man give for not fearing the soldiers?
According to Wells, how does the shooting start?
What happens to Wells?
Who was at fault for Wounded Knee

12. Wounded Knee
Sioux believed doing the Ghost Dance would protect them from bullets and return the buffalo
Soldiers fire on crowd of Sioux, killing many women and children
Battle/Massacre of Wounded Knee marks the end of Native American wars

13. Dawes Act Attempt to assimilate Native Americans
US divided up reservation land to make Indians farmers
Carlisle school was established to teach Native American children English
Any reservation land not divided up among Indians was sold to railroads

14. Safety Valve Theory
If the population got to large on the East Coast due to immigration, move west.
Solve the problem of unemployment because one could always move west
Homestead Act gave away 160 acres of land. Land was usually dry and not great for farming

17. Deflation
Due to dry conditions farmers in west grew single crop (wheat or corn)
Deflation (decrease in price) hurt farmers, many lost farms
Farmers were also at mercy of railroads. Railroads overcharged farmers to take their goods to market.

18. Period 3 & 7
We will examine the end of the conflict between the Plains Indians and the US Military.
Warm Up: What is a parable / alegory
AP Exam
Go over homework
Chapter 26 Notes
Wizard of Oz

19. Organizing Farmers
The Grange attempted to organize, educate, and help farmers
The Farmers Alliance attempted to collectivize their buying and selling to gain upper hand over railroad
Alliance leads to Populist Party
Wanted government control of railroads, telephone, and telegraph
Establish a graduated income tax
Free unlimited coinage of silver

21. Pullman Strike The American Railway Union is organized
1894 Pullman’s Palace Car Company cut wages
Workers went on strike and the US Army was called to break up strike

22. Election of 1896
William McKinley believed in the gold standard (money backed by gold) and trickle down theory (workers do better when business makes money)
William Jennings Bryan believed in unlimited coinage of silver. Gained support of Populist Party